I Scream for Ice Cream
Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 My soon-to-be-80-year-old father-in-law–and, wow, wasn’t that a lot of hyphens?!–enjoys him some ice cream. He’ll eat it, a quart at a time, twice a day. His wife does…
Tag: Ecclesiastes 5
Cause of Death
Ecclesiastes 5:16-17 Phil is dying. That’s the short form of the story. We’d heard that this man, whom we’ve known for about 10 years, had experienced some serious health problems,…
Gold Enough to Hurt
Ecclesiastes 5:13-15 Here’s a man with more money than Davey Crockett, as Forrest Gump put it. His money could, apparently, buy nearly anything, at least if the allegations against him…
The Unsatisfied Mind
Ecclesiastes 5:10-12 For some reason, I’m hearing Johnny Cash singing: How many times have you heard someone say“If I had his money, I could do things my way.”But little they…
The Taxman Cheats
Ecclesiastes 5:8-9 There’s a house in Jackson County, Missouri, the house where I grew up. On the county tax rolls, it is recorded as a three-bedroom home and taxed accordingly.…
The Cookie Crumbles
Ecclesiastes 5:6-7 The cookies on the plate looked exceptionally good. Frankly, my bar for good-looking cookies is rarely all that high, but on one Thursday night, as I attended an…
Talking a Good Game
Ecclesiastes 5:3-5 Bo doesn’t say much. He’s standing here in my office right now, and not a single word has passed his mouth. This is probably a good thing, since…
The Hat Police
Ecclesiastes 5:1-3 Clarence used to go around the auditorium of our church shaking hands with every single person he saw, but we all knew what his real objective was. He…
